Nanotube electronics for radio frequency applications

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 811-819

  Rutherglen, Chris ^a   Jain, Dheeraj ^a   Burke, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MANUFACTURE; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSISTORS; YARN;

ANALOGUE COMPONENTS; BALLISTIC ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MANUFACTURING CHALLENGES; NANOTUBE ELECTRONICS; RADIO-FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS; SEMI-CONDUCTING NANOTUBES; SILICON-BASED DEVICES; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBES;

NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOTUBE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

AMPLIFIER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONICS; MATERIALS; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 72549095100     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2009.355     Document Type: Review

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